Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Me, my sis and her car

K's Car Can Go Anywhere!: A Graphic Novel by Jonathan Tune

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K’s Car Can Go Anywhere!: A Graphic Novel by Jonathan Tune and Eleanor Doughty is an easier graphic novel read due out in October of 2024. I also read it via an online reader copy and not a physical reader copy, therefore, I think any bumps I had was due to the fact I was reading via screen and not the book in my hands. However, while I might read it again via that reader’s copy, I do not see myself finding a finished copy. […]

And you thought your job was soul sucking

Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin

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I asked (texted) a friend the other day asking her, “Why do I find books almost a year before publication? Especially book one of a series?” She answered it was because I was in the early book business. Reader copies are machines to the future (publication of a book), but also they are the dynomite used to open the passages for the trains of reading in the first place. And if the found early book is a stinker, no problems. But when you find something […]

It’s one of those new-fangled velocipedes!

The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle by Keith Negley

Birth of the Bicycle: A Bumpy History of the Bicycle in America 1819–1900 by Sarah Nelson

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Now, the final two (and if you are reading this before the other reviews about bikes, that should read: the first two) books I was going to add to a one review about bicycle books are The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle by Keith Negley (due mid-late July 2024) and Birth of the Bicycle: A Bumpy History of the Bicycle in America 1819–1900 by Sarah Nelson and illustrated by Iacopo Bruno (due early July). I know I could babble on about […]

Bike’s First Day

A Big Day for Bike by Emily Jenkins

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I had planned on writing a review with all four of the bicycle books I liked from a recent article I found in one review. I did not think I could write enough for each book to have justice done for it. But with The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee’s Life, I just got all excited over it. And even if that review (or any of the others here) does not make sense, just know READ THE DARN (only I’m […]

Don’t read unless you want an ugly cry, but you should read it because it is SO lovely but it’s sad…..so bring LOTS of tissues.

The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

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CBR16SweetChallenge  #Binge  (Because if I hadn’t been at work I would have had a binge cry fest! Then read it a couple more times, cried again…. which I will be reading this a lot…. so reading binge later) There are several things that I can dislike about books. I do not like a “preachy” story, nor do I like one too long or too short. I am not a fan of poor writing or poor editing. And I really do not like it when a […]

Beep! Truck time!

The Old Truck by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey

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I had heard of The Old Truck by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey, but never saw a copy. That is until I accidentally came across it as an online reader copy. The version I found was for the board board edition. I was only about half way through when I knew that I must find finished copies (thankfully currently available) and send them to all my adopted great-nieces/nephews and save a copy for the future official great-niece (who is due May 2024). And as soon […]



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